MICROCAPITAL PAPER WRAP-UP: Will Microfinance Stay as a Separate Asset Class? by Marco Coppoolse

By Marco Coppoolse, published by MicroCapital.Org, August 2009, 9 pages, available at: http://www.microcapital.org/downloads/whitepapers/Will_Microfinance_Rema… Microfinance has seen an expansion of its products formula from 2005 to 2007. The author’s view is that the microfinance sector will not stay as a separate asset class for long, as more MFIs are developing into full service microfinance banks for the emerging markets sector. MFIs are becoming members of the emerging market banki